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Replacement of imidazoles by azide at an iron(III) porphyrin center: Part 1 replacement of N-methylimidazole in bis-(N-methylimidazole) tetraphenylporphyrinato iron(III)
Jones, John G.,McKnight, John,Twigg, Martyn V.
, p. 2766 - 2778 (2010)
Addition of tetra-n-butylammonium azide to acetone solutions of the tetraphenylporphyrinato iron(III) complex [Fe(TPP)(MeIm)2] +N-3 formed in situ from the reaction of N-methylimidazole and [Fe(TPP)N3] afforded equilibrium amounts of [Fe(TPP)(MeIm)2]+ and [Fe(TPP)(MeIm)N3]. Equilibrium experiments made using a range of known concentrations of added tetra-n-butylammonium azide and N-methylimidazole using stopped-flow apparatus gave an estimate of about 50 for the equilibrium constant for the formation of [Fe(TPP)(MeIm)N3] from the addition of azide to [Fe(TPP)(MeIm) 2]+. Kinetic studies indicated that the substitution of azide ion by N-methylimidazole is a dissociative process, and the results were interpreted using a stationary state approach in which [Fe(TPP)(MeIm)] + was the transient intermediate that discriminated in favor of the reaction with azide as opposed to the reaction with N-methylimidazole by about a factor of two. Loss of N-methylimidazole from [Fe(TPP)(MeIm)2] + is at least 50 times faster than that from the product [Fe(TPP)(MeIm)N3]. Using calculated values of free azide concentrations from experimentally determined ion-pair formation constants led to success in rationalizing results obtained under different conditions.
